Book Review: Eye for an Eye by Stephanie Black

Book Description:

A Romantic Suspense Novella

After a family tragedy nearly destroyed Mallory Ingram, she’s fighting to get her life on track. When her sister and brother-in-law open their home to her, Mallory is certain that moving across the country will allow her to focus on a hopeful future. That future looks even more promising when her enrollment at a local university connects her with the charming Darien Thomas. 

However, when illegal drugs turn up in her sister’s house, the first person accused is Mallory, and suddenly, she doesn’t know who to trust. Mounting evidence of Mallory’s guilt is straining the tenuous bond she has just begun to develop with her sister after years of living separately. Desperate to prove her innocence and keep the harmful patterns of the past from hijacking her future, Mallory reaches for Darien’s help to discover the truth.

But the truth may be more dangerous than any of them imagine.

Rorie's Review:

I completely forgot this was a novella until I saw that I only had 20 minutes left in the story. That surprised me more than it should have, considering I did actually know it was a novella. 

Novellas can be tough, because it's hard to get good character development when you only have a fraction of the time to do it in, but Stephanie did a good job with Mallory and Darien. If they ever show up in a full length novel, I won't be sad about that. 

There wasn't really a lot of "who done it" with this story - the reader is led to the culprit without a lot of guesswork - but it was very believable. 

Stephanie was able to bring her trademark suspense into the story, and it had me at the edge of my seat at times. While I would have loved this to be a full-length novel, it was well done and a very quick and easy read. 

Andrea’s Review: 

I don’t usually seek out novellas because they often don’t give the character development that I prefer, but I was impressed that the character development wasn’t lacking in this novella. I enjoyed the mystery and was kept guessing for most of the story. I felt bad for Mallory, especially with the distrust from her own sister. The romance seemed a bit rushed and the end of the book felt abrupt. I would have liked a bit more to that.

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Title: Eye for an Eye 

Author: Stephanie Black

Publisher: Covenant Communications, Inc.

Published: May 2021

ISBN: 1524418188

Source: We received a copy from the publisher and Netgalley. All opinions expressed are our own.

 

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